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Samoa wins gold - Dec 10, 2016

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FIJI under-18 basketball men's team lost to Samoa 57-61 in the gold medal match of the B division in the 2016 International Basketball Federation Oceania U18 Championship yesterday. The match was played at the Vodafone Arena in Suva. Fiji led 18-9 at the end of the first quarter before Samoa came back in the other three quarters winning 15-13, 17-11 and 20-15. Excited Samoa coach Woolley Le'au'anae said Fiji made them work hard. "We tried hard and kept going in the match," he said. "The players stepped up on their defence and dominated on the outside. "I told the players to tighten in defence and play keep attacking the Fijian defence." Nippy Collin Lal was instrumental for Fiji as he made some good moves and breaks in the game. He scored 14 points and had five assists and said: "Fiji was a good team and had a good shape and defence. "The game could have gone the other way if we had not stepped up." Fiji team officials said they would make a press release on the game report but there were no report sent when this article when to press.Meanwhile, Fiji U18 women's team defeated Tahiti 71-37 in the division B gold medal match.Courtesy of: fijitimes.com

Guam Men off to great start at the 2018 FIBA Asia Cup Qualifier - 2 months ago

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In a game that was live-streamed on FIBA.basketball, the Guam Men's National Basketball defeated Team Fiji last night 93-55 in their opening game at the FIBA Asia 2012 Cup Qualifier in Bangkok Thailand. Guam was just too fast and too strong for their fellow neighboring rivals, blasting away for 29 fastbreak points. Coach EJ Calvo never slowed down his team and the lead kept on building to its peak at 40 points midway in the final quarter. Daren Hechanova was the speed force for Guam with... [read more]

In a game that was live-streamed on FIBA.basketball, the Guam Men's National Basketball defeated Team Fiji last night 93-55 in their opening game at the FIBA Asia 2012 Cup Qualifier in Bangkok Thailand. Guam was just too fast and too strong for their fellow neighboring rivals, blasting away for 29 fastbreak points. Coach EJ Calvo never slowed down his team and the lead kept on building to its peak at 40 points midway in the final quarter. Daren Hechanova was the speed force for Guam with 12 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, and a mindblowing 8 steals. When Hechanova was running in the open court, Earnest Ross (196-G-91, college: Missouri, agency: Haylett Sports) was dropping jumpers for 19 points (led team) and Curtis Washington was dominating the paint down low (16 points, 8 rebounds). Guam next game is today against Team Singapore at 830pm Guam time.Courtesy of: fiba.basketball

Yat Sen Secondary School have been crowned the new Under 19 Fiji Secondary School Basketball champions after defeating Marist Brothers High School 16-12 in the final . Yat Sen U19 coach Earl Hughes thanked the team for their hard work and dedication put into preparations before the tournament. Hughes says that the team only had a week to prepare, with home and away games throughout the school term which helped the team run their set plays [read more]

Yat Sen Secondary School have been crowned the new Under 19 Fiji Secondary School Basketball champions after defeating Marist Brothers High School 16-12 in the final . Yat Sen U19 coach Earl Hughes thanked the team for their hard work and dedication put into preparations before the tournament. Hughes says that the team only had a week to prepare, with home and away games throughout the school term which helped the team run their set plays. He adds that Marist gave them a tough final as expected. He says that the win was a special win for the school retaining the title after 11 years. Meanwhile in the U19 girls final Saint Joseph Secondary School defeated Yat Sen Secondary School 17-11 to claim the girls title. Suva Grammar School and Marist Brothers High School have won the Under 15 girls and boys titles respectively in the Fiji Secondary Schools Basketball Competition. Suva Grammar School beat Yat Sen Secondary School in the Under 15 girls final 35-13 this afternoon while in the Under 15 boys final Marist beat Swami Vivekananda College 21-20.In the Under 17 grade, Saint Joseph's Secondary School has won the girls final beating Suva Grammar School 30-5 in the final. Natabua High School will face off with Marist Team 1 in the boys final. Meanwhile, Yat Sen Secondary School has qualified for both Under 19 grade finals in the competition. Defending champion Saint Johns College were bundled out of the competition by Yat Sen Secondary School 16-13 in the semifinal.Courtesy of: fijivillage.com

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